The Chevalier Inn - JD Wetherspoon

You know exactly what you're getting when you push through those doors on Fore Street – and sometimes that's exactly what you want. The usual Wetherspoons formula plays out across two floors of this imposing Victorian building: curry club on Thursdays, £2 pints that taste like £2 pints, and the kind of no-frills atmosphere where office workers nurse afternoon pints alongside students pre-drinking before a night out. The breakfast menu runs until noon and does the job if you're stumbling down from the cathedral quarter with a hangover. Don't expect gastropub flourishes or craft beer selection, but the staff keep things moving efficiently even when it's rammed on weekend evenings. It's Wetherspoons doing what Wetherspoons does – cheap, cheerful, and open when you need it to be.